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Chicago, Climate, Cities, (bi)Cycles, Community, Change. #GoBlers, enjoying the process, let's make things better.

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There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵

submitted 18 days ago • 47 comments

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"Lose the future" would be a great slogan for the Republican Party right now

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

BREAKING: Robert Prevost, the first American pope in history, has been elected

submitted 16 days ago • 27 comments

We have a responsibility to everything we can to combat the worsening climate crisis. Check out how I've been fighting climate change and protecting the environment in the 119th Congress.

submitted 33 days ago • 4 comments

Senator Dick Durbin's dedication to service is a gold standard for anyone who holds or aspires to hold public office. Thank you, Senator Durbin, for your work on behalf of our state and our nation.

submitted 31 days ago • 21 comments

This came up in my downstate townhalls last weekend. Soybean farmers are not happy about Trump's idiotic tariffs, nor about cutting USAID, which bought 1 million tons of food per year. As I've said before, if you think Trump gives a damn about you, you're wrong. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/b...

submitted 35 days ago • 5 comments

This is really bad. The Trump WH is treating the health of the planet with the same ignorance and disregard that RFK Jr brings to the health of the American people. Being stupid and relying on quack cures while you stick your brainwormed head in the sand solves nothing. www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/c...

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

On the importance of townhalls, constant civic engagement and the need for all of us to choose to be "tall poppies" right now and stand up to Trump. Other than not being offered a high-fashion photo shoot, I had a lot of fun talking to the folks at Vanity Fair. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/s...

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Thank you @durbin.senate.gov for your service to our state and our country. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

“My first instinct was to want to know what this was about. That it must be a misunderstanding. So I started to tell them about how I’ve been involved in some pro bono work. Then this voice in my head kicked in and just said, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱 — 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.”

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

First red winged blackbird attack of the year. Spring is here!

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Unthinkable just 10 years ago: Almost 3/4 of the EU’s electricity in 2024 was from renewable energy sources and nuclear. Gas and coal electricity generation is at record low levels.

submitted 36 days ago • 44 comments

Just your regular reminder of where global CO2 emissions are tracking compared to scenarios that keep warming to below 1.5C in 2100, with "no or low overshoot" (maximum temperature around 1.6C). journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... C1/

submitted 39 days ago • 15 comments

starting to feel real now. brace yourselves.

submitted 37 days ago • 3 comments

🚨 Law firms, the press, universities, non-profits, individual protestors: Trump is actively using multiple levers of federal money, power, and law enforcement to attempt to control or break civil society resistance. This is what descent into authoritarian dictatorship looks like. 🚨

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Trump admin of NC map in blue for deforestation issued April 3 on Secretarial Memo... "immediately bypass environmental laws & protections of endangered species 112 million 193 total National Forests open to logging that’s 59% ALL National Forests

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

Starting tomorrow a potentially "catastrophic" flood is forecast. Areas of MO & AR are in a "PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION" Flood watch. The bullseye is forecast to get 10-15" of rain. This image shows the NOAA "Flood Outlook" for rivers. Magenta = Major. (>50% exceeding). 1-in-100 year event

submitted 53 days ago • 2 comments

This is just getting comical now for the DuPage County GOP, in Trump+1 Addison Township (a rare Republican-trending portion of the County): -The INCUMBENT Republicans for Clerk & Township Supervisor are LOSING -Democrats are currently winning 4 out 4 Township Board seats, ALL AGAINST INCUMBENTS!

submitted 53 days ago • 27 comments

Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏

submitted 53 days ago • 621 comments

Zeldin didn't "evolve". He's always been politically driven, adopting or discarding policies as political winds shift. There have always been plenty of those types in elected office - but don't pretend that they are policy wonks who've changed their opinions. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/c...

submitted 56 days ago • 5 comments

Happy #heatpump day! 2 new cold climate lennox big boyz. The #decarbonization odyssey continues. #Chicago #2flat

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought: - 1.65 million deaths from AIDS - 500,000 from lack of vaccines - 550,000 from lack of food aid - 290,000 from malaria - 310,000 from TB

submitted 70 days ago • 241 comments